Downtown shopping for B.E.S.T.

Saratoga Seen stopped by the Downtown Susie Brown shopping event last night. Many downtown businesses, including several new stops, offered discounts like 10 or 20 percent off. Other shops had trunk shows and offered cocktails to shoppers.

It was a great night to pick up that bag or pair of earrings that you’ve been eyeing in Violet’s or any other boutique.

For Seen, we stopped in some of the new places that we hadn’t scoped out yet, such as the city’s first swimwear store, Clothes Line, 486 Broadway. Bathing suits and dresses were right around $100 and I saw a couple longer skirts for $80.

We also stopped in 80 West, 510 Broadway, which has a wide range of dresses and tops from such labels as French Connection with some good dresses on their sales rack.

No word yet from Downtown Susie Brown on how many stopped by for the shopping event, but there were plenty of women wandering around the city with the cards pictured above.

My suggestion to downtown shopping? A store that has great deals on clothes. While offering some great clothes, a lot of the boutiques downtown can be pricey for an everyday shopper.